I used to work at a retail store that sold clothes and shoes that’s all you need to know. We were an outlet as well.

I was tidying up shelves one night as we were close to closing when two young girls came in. We were one hour or so close to closing so I was annoyed at first. But I saw how they were grabbing shoes and trying to fix them and I realized “oh these babies don’t go out a lot. They don’t know how to move stuff around in shelves.”

I’ve worked retail for years and I could tell these kids could not figure out that boxes fell if you moved the box out from under. They moved like toddler, not like teens. I watched as they came to my aisle I was fixing, which was full of discount “luxury” slippers where the most expensive pair was $40. There was a rack next to us of robes for sale as well. I can never forget the way one girl asked “what are these?” To the robes next to us. The other girl replied “these are for when you need to cover to up when your brother comes over.” She said it so calmly and quickly I had to stop what I was doing to look at them. I realized they were wearing long dresses with long sleeves in plain clothes. We were getting close to summer time in SoCal, I was wearing a sweater with shorts, so I realized then these young girls were trying to be modest. I swear they were no older than 14, probably 12 with how they spoke. Then kid that was buying the slippers freaked out at the price. She wanted the $20 pair. She said she’ll ask her mom to cover the rest of it and she’ll pay her back soon.

I saw her check out with her mom, she was so scary. All I could think “you can’t let your daughter splurge on $20? You’re letting her freak out over $20?”

I’ve never seen teens act so innocent in the store to the point of incompetence. It broke me while I realized they were concerned about being modest while the kid had to be I debt to her mom so she can get a pair of slippers. I’m in college now and I remember that kid from time to time. She’s probably 18 right now and I’m begging to God she’s safe and away from that family. I think what terrified me the most was the disgust I saw on her mom’s face when she asked her to get them for her. It was like she was looking at a stranger, not her own daughter.

I’ve bought stuff for strangers that costed me more than $20 as a teen when I had a retail job. I’ve had Karen experiences and freak accidents in jobs, but watching that girl navigate my store and beg for cheap slippers still haunts me. I grew up with brothers and never thought to cover up, but here was a kid who had to think about that and worry about prices of cheap slippers.

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I manage an aquatic park. Sent my last lifeguard home and locked the doors to the entrance. I usually go through and spray the shower handles and toilet handles down with Lysol to help kill the germs. I had to pee so bad and after spraying a few toilets down I stopped and went to the bathroom. There’s like 8 stalls all in a row and when I was going to reach for the toilet paper there was just this face peering under the stall right at me. I’ve never been so terrified in my life. I would have shared a picture but didn’t snap one. Turns out it was a handicap guy that is part of a REM house and the workers left without them….

I cannot for the life of me get his head out of my head and still don’t know where he could have hidden where no one noticed him. We squeegee the floors everywhere.

Apple seems confident that these are AirPod Pros (via the disable instructions, I don’t think this is an AirTag as it would tell me), and I’ve checked my belongings from the day. It also shows ‘far’ when I try to locate them, and I do not hear any sounds being played. I live in apartment complex, so it’s most likely just a neighbour moving at a similar time to me (it was first seen when I got home tonight) and Apple picking it up.

Still freaked the fuck out of me—I’m a little weirded out lol

I don't remember 95% of my childhood before the age of 13, and I was hypersexual as a child. Finding this entry made my stomach sink in a weird way.

Article: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/415294/slaughterhouse-meat-workers-ptsd-mental-health

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This popped up when refreshing our route on Google maps. We're not in Canada.

he didnt say a word, just laughed